Demonoid

Demonoid (1981)

Up from the depths of hell comes the ultimate horror!

A British woman visits her husband at the Mexican mine he is attempting to reopen and discovers that the workers refuse to enter the mine, fearing an ancient curse. The couple enter the mine to prove there is no danger and inadvertently release a demon which possesses people's left hands and forces them to behave in a suitably diabolical manner.

Date of release
1981-02-27
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (60)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Horror
Director
Alfredo Zacarías

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: California

Demonoid, is a 1981 English-language Mexican supernatural horror film co-written, produced, and directed by Alfredo Zacarías. It stars Samantha Eggar, Stuart Whitman, Roy Jenson, Lew Saunders and Narciso Busquets. The plot centres on a group of explorers, who find a mysterious hand in Guanajuato that causes madness and death to whoever owns it.

Production

Demonoid was directed by Mexican filmmaker Alfredo Zacarías, who also wrote the film's story.

Principal photography began in Mexico on October 22, 1979, with approximately four weeks spent filming in Mexico City and Guanajuato. Production then moved to the United States, where additional scenes were filmed in Los Angeles, Oxnard, and Las Vegas before filming officially wrapped on December 19, 1979.

The film was one of Stuart Whitman's final leading roles.

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